Verity Jacobsen

Verity Jacobsen started her dance training at Robyn Kirkland School of Ballet in Sydney. In 2007 she graduated with a National Diploma in Dance Performance from the New Zealand School of Dance where she trained for three years. Verity has worked professionally in and out of Australia since graduating, working
with choreographers such as Daniel Belton and The Good Company. She performed in Belton's Stitchbirds for The Body Festival 2007 and then again in 2008 on the project 2nd Movement. Verity was invited to Singapore to work with Dance Troupe Horizon on Enter #1773 in 2008. While in Singapore, Verity Choreographed Second Samba on Dance Horizon, which was performed at their Beyond Horizon II show in 2008.

In 2009 at the Short and Sweet Dance Festival, Verity performed in Kevin Privett's Saving Face and Jeni Sutton's Wait. She was also awarded Most Outstanding Female Dancer for the Festival. Verity has worked with Vicki Van Hout on an Aboriginal based contemporary work for Dirty Feet's Tipping Point. Also in 2009, Verity performed a Classical Indian influenced work, Mother: A
Tribute, which was choreographed by Padma Menon and performed in the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

In January 2010 Verity worked with Dean Walsh on a 1st stage project, True To Nature with DirtyFeet and was also written up as Dancer to Watch in Dance Australiaʼs Criticʼs Choice Survey for 2009. Verity then choreographed and performed her work Unwritten Etiquette in the 2010 Short and Sweet Dance
Festival.

2011 has brought working with Fiona Malone in Picture Perfect and also with Daniel Belton and The Good Company on a short dance film ATO-MISS. Verity completed a 2nd stage development with Dean Walsh in True To Nature. Straight
after True To Nature Verity toured the Shorter and Sweeter Dance festival through Regional Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales and just recently finished a DirtyFeet Choreographic Lab with Sofie Burgoyne.